TY - JOUR
T1 - Appropriating and Re-Appropriating the Arabian Horse for Equestrian Sport
T2 - The Complexities of Cultural Transfer
AU - Roche, Clarisse
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - For the past few decades a concern with heritage in the countries of the Arab Gulf has led to the reclamation of the purebred Arabian horse as one of the iconic animals of the Bedouin identity and to developing a thriving horse breeding industry in the region. While stud farms and equestrian sport events are intended to reinforce the Arabian identity of the breed, a closer look at its history demonstrate in fact the complexity of its identity. The complexity of cultural transfers with respect to horse breeding between the East and the West from the Early Modern period on, highlights the connected history of both the Arabian horses and the Thoroughbreds, and the ongoing cultural re-appropriation of both breeds as ‘native’ to the Arabian Peninsula.
AB - For the past few decades a concern with heritage in the countries of the Arab Gulf has led to the reclamation of the purebred Arabian horse as one of the iconic animals of the Bedouin identity and to developing a thriving horse breeding industry in the region. While stud farms and equestrian sport events are intended to reinforce the Arabian identity of the breed, a closer look at its history demonstrate in fact the complexity of its identity. The complexity of cultural transfers with respect to horse breeding between the East and the West from the Early Modern period on, highlights the connected history of both the Arabian horses and the Thoroughbreds, and the ongoing cultural re-appropriation of both breeds as ‘native’ to the Arabian Peninsula.
KW - Arabian Horse
KW - Arabian Peninsula
KW - Thoroughbred
KW - equestrian Sport
KW - heritage
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U2 - 10.1080/17511321.2020.1772356
DO - 10.1080/17511321.2020.1772356
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088021454
SN - 1751-1321
SP - 320
EP - 338
JO - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
JF - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
ER -